The lessons behind the burger... » Aims http://burgerteach.edublogs.org How theburger.edublogs.org came to be: The background story Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:27:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Some aims http://burgerteach.edublogs.org/2008/10/01/some-aims/ http://burgerteach.edublogs.org/2008/10/01/some-aims/#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:54:42 +0000 burgerteach http://burgerteach.edublogs.org/?p=9 The intention of the activity is to take a tongue-in-cheek idea, with an element of truth, and to see how far it can be promoted and facilitated via the Internet, in particular, using Web 2.0 technologies. Although the basis of the task my not appear to be entirely serious, the underlying educational potential offers many opportunities that would not be readily achieved through other means.

It is hoped to achieve several specific aims:

  • To integrate as many Web 2.0 elements as possible, exposing students to them
  • To create an original, engaging, different and yet truly educational task for students
  • To assess the degree to which students are truly ‘Digital Natives’
  • To investigate and model processes that use Web 2.0 technologies in an appropriate, safe way
  • To foster collaboration and co-operation between students
  • To provide an example and model for how others might use Web 2.0 technologies in a school
  • To achieve genuine cross-curricular integration, sustained over an extended period
  • To gauge the global uptake and reach of such a project using the Internet
  • To achieve the outcomes using little-to-no cost means
  • To employ the 16 Habits of Mind students have studied in Homeroom classes
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